Man Arrested For Allegedly Locking-Up And Raping Two Daughters For 41 Years

Posted on Aug 25, 2011 @ 05:30PM

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By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Senior Reporter

Authorities have arrested an 80-year-old man accused of imprisoning his two mentally challenged daughters and sexually abusing them for 41 years.

The shocking arrest was made in the village of St. Peteram Hart in Austria after the daughters escaped after one allegedly knocked over her father when he tried to rape her.

The women are described as having "mental deficiencies," and the man denies abusing the women, now 53 and 45, beginning allegedly when they were 12 and 4.

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He is accused of beating and raping his daughters since 1970 and allowing them only minimal contact with the outside world - he even ordered them not to speak about their ordeal.

Police said he threatened to kill the women with a pitchfork and a stick, according to the BBC and forced them to stay in the kitchen of the home they shared and made them sleep on a bench.

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The unnamed man is currently in prison on the charges and the women are in counseling. His wife and the mother of the children died three years ago and it is alleged that she too was abused by the suspect.

The situation is eerily similar to Josef Fritzl, another Austrian, who was given a life sentence for rape, incest, enslavement, and false imprisonment of his daughter Elizabeth after locking her in the basement and abusing her, fathering seven children with her.

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If this is in fact what happened, I think the mother of these kids is just as guilty for allowing this to go on all these years. Hopefully this guy will live to be a 120 and assaulted daily in prison.

by Scheibe
Posted Thu, 08/25/2011 - 11:14pm

There is absolutely NO reason this monster needs to exist with us on this earth. Someone PLEASE take care of him for good. H e l l is waiting for him.

by Stef
Posted Thu, 08/25/2011 - 10:27pm

kill the pig, or life in prison with no possibility of parole. these poor women with need therapy forever. i feel for these 2 women. what a horrible, horrible crime against his 2 daughters. despicable..where was there mother tho?..not good..

by mous
Posted Thu, 08/25/2011 - 9:37pm

This story is unbelieveable, what a sick, sick man. What is wrong with people.

by mwnyy
Posted Thu, 08/25/2011 - 9:29pm

My lord...those poor girls. This pig needs to suffer for a long time.

by CaughtaLiteSneeze
Posted Thu, 08/25/2011 - 7:42pm

What is wrong with these men? They need to be horse whipped and then pour gasoline on the open wounds and chased with a lit match like Siobhan said. I am glad the ladies got away from him. I hope they can get the help they need. God bless them.

by kelliemurray
Posted Thu, 08/25/2011 - 6:23pm

what the hell is it with men in austria? i like Siobhan's idea, is better than jail. fyi to all men, your daughters are not born to be your personal sex slave. buy porn and jack off like everyone else.

by Jill09
Posted Thu, 08/25/2011 - 6:02pm